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위임하다 Korean verb conjugation

to authorize to represent, delegate, depute, entrust

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 위임하다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
위임하는
아/어Infinitive
위임하
-으니Since
위임하니
합니다Formal
위임합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 위임하요위임합니다위임하위임한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 위임핬어요위임핬습니다위임핬어위임핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 위임하겠어요위임하겠습니다위임하겠어위임하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 위임할 거예요위임할 것입니다위임할 거야위임할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 위임하요?위임합니까?위임하?위임하니?
과거Past 위임핬어요?위임핬습니까?위임핬어?위임핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 위임하세요위임하십시오위임하위임하라
청유Let's 위임하요위임합시다위임하위임하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 위임하요안 위임합니다안 위임하안 위임한다
-지 않다Not (long) 위임하지 않아요위임하지 않습니다위임하지 않아위임하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 위임하요못 위임합니다못 위임하못 위임한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 위임하세요위임하십니다위임하셔위임하신다
과거Past 위임하셨어요위임하셨습니다위임하셨어위임하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
위임하는
과거Past
위임한
미래Future
위임할
회상Used to
위임하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
위임하고
-게-ly / so that
위임하게
-어서so / and then
위임하서
-으니까since
위임하니까
-으면if / when
위임하면
-지만but
위임하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
위임하는데
-어도even if
위임하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 위임하고 있어요위임하고 있습니다위임하고 있어위임하고 있다
과거Was doing 위임하고 있었어요위임하고 있었습니다위임하고 있었어위임하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

입법 기능은 바티칸 시국 주교회의 의장이 이끄는 단원제의 바티칸 시국 주교회의에 위임하고 있다.

Legislative functions are delegated to the unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, led by the President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State.

우리는 질병의 이해와 질병의 치료에 대한 책임을 전문가들에게 위임합니다.

We delegate the responsibility for the understanding of our disease, for the treatment of our disease, to anointed experts.

랄프라는 아이가 뿔소라를 불어 무리들을 모이게 하고 업무들을 위임합니다.

A boy named Ralph blows into a conch shell to assemble the group, and delegate tasks.

하지만 실제로는 대표자에게 우리를 대신해 그 힘을 행사하도록 위임해야 합니다

But in practice, we have to delegate that power to a representative that can exert that power for us.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 위임하다 in Korean?

위임하다 (to authorize to represent, delegate, depute, entrust) is 위임하요 in the polite 해요체, 위임합니다 in formal 합니다체, 위임하 in casual 반말 and 위임한다 in the plain written style. The past is 위임핬어요.

What is the past tense of 위임하다?

위임핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 위임핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 위임하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 위임하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 위임합니다, 위임하, 위임하니 all keep 위임하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 위임하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.